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Hoffmann Manufacturing Co

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Hoffmann Manufacturing Co ball and bearing manufacturers, of Chelmsford

1892 Ernst Gustav Hoffmann patented a ball lathe

1897 Geoffrey Foster Barrett and Charles Barrett persuaded Hoffmann to come to the UK

1898 Public company formed to acquire from Mr E. G. Hoffmann of USA certain patent rights connected with the manufacture of steel balls.[1]

1898 Built works at New Street, Chelmsford. The first single story building was erected on a 4-acre site.

1901 Single thrust bearing patented.

1901 Acquired a ball grinding patent

1903 Hoffmann left the company. Ball and roller bearings and steel rollers were added to the company's product portfolio.

1906 Factory extended.

1908 Roller bearings produced

1911 Electrical Exhibition. Ball and roller bearings.

1911 November Geoffrey Barrett is Managing Director, Paul C. Low, a Director and W. B. Mair is Works Manager

1919 March. Advert for ball and roller bearings

1920 Employing 4,750 persons.

1922 The London office of the company moved from 59, New Oxford-street to 8, Bedford-square, WC1[2]

1922 Acquired half-share in the Norma Ball Bearing Co of USA[3]

1927 Advert for bearings.

1928 Control of the company was acquired by Messrs Brown, Bayley[4]

1931 Works cover 36 acres and employ 3,500 persons

1937 Manufacturers of ball and roller bearings, steel balls and steel rollers. "Hoffmann" Ball and Roller Bearings.

1938 Opened a factory for aerospace bearings at Stonehouse, Gloucestershire - see Hoffmann Gloucester

1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers

1940 Advert. Ball and roller bearings

1945 Advert. Ball and roller bearings

1945 Hoffmann Tweedales established at Stonehouse

1961 Manufacturers of Hoffmann steel balls and rollers, ball and roller bearings.

1969 The Industrial Reorganisation Corporation supported the formation of a new bearings group Ransome Hoffmann Pollard Co by amalgamating Ransome and Marles Bearing Co, Pollard Ball and Roller Bearing Co and Hoffmann Manufacturing Co[5].

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, Jul 09, 1923
  2. ↑ The Engineer 1922/05/26
  3. ↑ The Times, Jul 09, 1923
  4. ↑ The Times Mar 21, 1928
  5. ↑ The Times, 14 October 1969
  • The Autocar of 29th March 1919 p11
  • The Engineer of 13th October 1911 p388
  • Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p37
  • Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert on Bookmark
  • Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p151
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